Before sunset, Chen Zhou and Lai Fu arrived at the sunny slope platform to check the traps.
Having gone unattended for too long, affected by wind and rain, many of the nooses were dislocated or loosened, and apart from a few strands of wool, he found nothing.
While repeatedly checking the traps on the slope, Chen Zhou noticed that the hoof prints on the ground had become much sparser compared to before, especially the prints left by the strong rams, which were now only five or six.
Calculating the days, it was already March 29, with just over half a month left until the end of the rainy season. He figured the herd would migrate inland again.
Chen Zhou estimated that the goats' migration endpoint shouldn't be far from the Riverbank Prairie next to the Fruit Tree Valley.
